Last week I attended the first ever MedicineX workshop event on the Stanford campus. It surpassed my expectations (which were frankly pretty high, given the source) regarding the content, the caliber of the speakers and the general attendees/networking. I only wished that I had more time to meet people by the end of the day. […]
We recently posted a video on our site of an ear being printed with a 3D printer and MM–352while there is great “wow factor” in watching it form through the injection process, the reality is we are a very long way off from being able to print body parts and organs that can be attached or implanted. That said, Molecular Matrix, a Biotech start up in Davis, CA has developed an inexpensive scaffold that can allow cells to grow naturally in a three dimensional environment
Apple pay is a revolutionary new secure method of payment. Am Ex, visa, MC and now Discover Cards are on board. You take a picture of your CC and Apple verifies it with your bank, an encrypted number is attached to that CC, also an encrypted ID is issued to your phone. The system authenticates […]
Tim Cook greeted a very large audience in Cupertino, the location of major historic significance for Apple. Introducing the new iPhone, a beautiful new iPhone. The iPhone 6 and 6 plus has larger displays with a new Retina HD Display, a higher resolution over prior Retina display. It has an ion strengthened glass with a more beautiful and colorful display.
10 Reasons Doctors Make Great Entrepreneurs Article by Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140905170256-955834-10-reasons-doctors-make-great-entrepreneurs My response to his article. Hi Arlen, I really enjoyed reading your article. Very well stated and I agree that physicians have the genetics and training to be great guides in healthcare innovation. The unfortunate reality is that currently doctors are working […]
Yes, we’re comparing all of 2013 to only Q1 and Q2 of 2014 (that’s how explosive digital healthcare is!) … Here are the categories that scored highest in funding in 2013: – Payer administration – Digital medical devices – Analytics and big data – Healthcare consumer engagement – Population health management – Personalized medicine If […]
Dutch researchers are working with the Burn Foundation to utilize 3D Printing to assist in the reconstruction of burn victims faces. Cartilage and other supportive tissue are being emulated by several biopolymers and proposed to be utilized in 3D printing to complete an ear.
The Wall Street Journal predicted five medical Innovations that would be on our radar screen in 2014. Watch the 3 minute 32 second video to see what it looks like now as the second half of 2014 is unfolding. Last December (2013), WSJ Informed Patient columnist Laura Landro joined Lunch Break with five innovations in […]
The Ebola outbreak first surfaced in forested regions of southeastern Guinea near the borders of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Patient zero, a two-year-old boy, died in Guéckédou, Guinea, in December 2013, but news of the disease failed to reach a large international audience until a World Health Organization announcement that 49 cases had been identified as of March 22, 2014.
One of the debates I frequently hear regarding medical device sales distribution is “should I hire direct W2 sales representatives or tap into a network of 1099 agents and their relationships?” The positives and negatives are pretty clear and still opinions are strong on both sides of the choice.